hwestenhofer 's review for:

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

5.0

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I have never been a big fan of war stories, but this novel left me in awe. This may be, though, because of the fact that this really isn't a story about war. In reality, this is a novel about people who just happened to have served in the Vietnam War and the complex emotions and experiences they have. This is a text about stories and how they fuel the human existence. O'Brien's writing is extremely profound and his commentary about the human experience is even more so. This is definitely a novel that everyone should read because one can gain a lot of understanding about the human condition as well as more skills in the literary craft.